Birth Stories
After being admitted for induction, the pessary did it's initial job causing very mild surges getting me to 2.5cm. Mark was allowed to visit between 9am and 9pm and we went for 2 daily walks around the hospital grounds. I listened to my MP3s, refreshed myself on the...
Baby Eloise was born on Wednesday after being in pre-labour for two days. I was getting worked up and felt like labour would never happen, I needed to reset! So I sat down and listened to my birth affirmations and MP3’s on repeat for several hours whilst the surges...
It was an incredibly short, but intense labour and Maxine was incredible throughout. She went into the early stages at about 6:45pm on the Friday night, but we went out for a Thai that night anyway. We then went home and stayed up until about 12pm, before I put her to...
VBAC (Vaginal Birth After C-Section) The hypnobirthing massively helped in preparing for my VBAC (Vaginal Birth After C-Section). In the final month I had no anxiety at all. On my birthing day Hypnobirthing helped hugely with decision making and information...
On Friday morning we welcomed our little girl, Elspeth Hope, into the world. 10 days overdue and worth every bit of the wait. We’re smitten and thankful! The birth was super fast. I’m grateful to report that it was the calm natural birth, using hypnobirthing...
A very different experience to my first birth- the 3 day birthing marathon. This time, with Hypnobirthing it all happened so quickly. Contractions started 2am, hospital 5am and then home for afternoon tea! No intervention, just a bit of gas and air…& as there were...